MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Five-time Grammy nominee Karrin
Allyson will join the MTSU Singers
and MTSU jazz faculty musicians in a
special public concert set Tuesday, April 11, in Hinton Music Hall inside the
university’s Wright Music Building.
General
admission tickets for the April 11 concert are $10, and high school student
tickets are $5 each; all will be available at the door. MTSU students, faculty
and staff can attend free.
A
printable campus parking map is available at http://tinyurl.com/MTSUParkingMap.
The MTSU
Singers are an audition-only select group of up to 16 student vocalists who
perform jazz standards and jazz-style arrangements of popular music, including
choral jazz and vocal improvisation.
Joining
Allyson and the MTSU Singers will be MTSU faculty members Matt Endahl on piano, Chip
Henderson on guitar, Jim Ferguson
on bass and Derrek Phillips on drums.
“It is a
great honor to welcome Karrin, one of the very best jazz vocalists, to MTSU to
perform with our jazz singers and jazz faculty,” said Michael Parkinson, director of the MTSU School of Music, who’s
known Allyson since his teaching years in Kansas City.
“I have
followed her career as it has grown from regional to national to international
recognition of her skills. She is a dynamic singer and pianist, a great
communicator, and devoted to helping students pursue their career goals.”
Allyson
has 16 albums to her credit, and five have received Grammy nominations for best
jazz vocal album since 2001, including “Ballads: Remembering John Coltrane,”
“Footprints,” “Imagina: Songs of Brasil,” “'Round Midnight” and “Many a New
Day: Karrin Allyson Sings Rodgers & Hammerstein.”
She lives
in New York City and currently spends two days out of three on tour, playing
major jazz festivals, concert venues and clubs across the United States, Brazil,
Japan, Australia and Europe. Allyson also was a featured vocalist in the “Newport
Jazz Festival: Now 60” U.S. and Canadian tour in 2014.
“Karrin
brings a wealth of experience to MTSU for her first appearance here,” said
Parkinson. “You will not want to miss this! We also appreciate the support of
John and Bobbie Duke in helping to underwrite this event.”
For
details on more MTSU School of Music performances, call 615-898-2493 or visit http://www.mtsumusic.com and click on
the "Concert Calendar" link.
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